Biological sciences

Research has been conducted on the signaling pathway preventing sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis when the replication initiation is impaired. The isolation of the mutant which allow the sporulation of the replication initiation mutant has been carried out and the results indicate that these mutations affect a small open reading frame.

TB or not TB: how Mycobacterium tuberculosis may evade drug treatment

Article Abstract:

The authors discuss the publication on error-prone DNA polymerase encoded by Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene. The topics of interest include the mechanisms for generating drug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains.